Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import org.apache.http.conn.util.InetAddressUtils; import java.net.InetAddress; import java.net.NetworkInterface; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Get IP address from first non-localhost interface * @param useIPv4 true=return ipv4, false=return ipv6 * @return address or empty string */ public static String getIPAddress(boolean useIPv4) { try { List<NetworkInterface> interfaces = Collections.list(NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces()); for (NetworkInterface intf : interfaces) { List<InetAddress> addrs = Collections.list(intf.getInetAddresses()); for (InetAddress addr : addrs) { if (!addr.isLoopbackAddress()) { String sAddr = addr.getHostAddress().toUpperCase(); boolean isIPv4 = InetAddressUtils.isIPv4Address(sAddr); if (useIPv4) { if (isIPv4) return sAddr; } else { if (!isIPv4) { int delim = sAddr.indexOf('%'); // drop ip6 port suffix return delim < 0 ? sAddr : sAddr.substring(0, delim); } } } } } } catch (Exception ex) { } // for now eat exceptions return ""; } }